Network connection problems

Hello again. I took a break from trying to learn Linux. I am trying
again. I just got mandrake 2005 LE. The setup for ndiswrapper was
built in, that was nice. However I don't seem to be having any more
luck than I did before. It says that I am set up fine. When I try to
do a ping I get "network unreachable" I can't ping anything as a tcp/ip
number or as a name. I have my DNS number set so once I am able to get
out on the network I am sure things will be fine. I did a fresh install
and did mostly default settings. I used the configure program and
installed the ndiswrapper with the windows driver. I changed the
settings from managed to ad-hoc and put in the address of my router and
set a number for my computer and then changed the Internet settings with
my DNS server numbers. My knowledge of Linux is very limited so assume
I have no clue (and its true) and let me know exactly what information
you need me to get to you (for whoever would care to help me with this)
For those that are willing a great big thanks! from the start.
Randy

On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:42:05 +0000, Randy wrote:

> Hello again. I took a break from trying to learn Linux. I am trying
> again. I just got mandrake 2005 LE. The setup for ndiswrapper was
> built in, that was nice. However I don't seem to be having any more
> luck than I did before. It says that I am set up fine. When I try to
> do a ping I get "network unreachable" I can't ping anything as a tcp/ip
> number or as a name. I have my DNS number set so once I am able to get
> out on the network I am sure things will be fine. I did a fresh install
> and did mostly default settings. I used the configure program and
> installed the ndiswrapper with the windows driver. I changed the
> settings from managed to ad-hoc and put in the address of my router and
> set a number for my computer and then changed the Internet settings with
> my DNS server numbers.

Please post the output from each of the following commands:

/sbin/iwconfig
/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/route

Snowbat wrote:
> On Mon, 03 Oct 2005 05:42:05 +0000, Randy wrote:
>
>
>>Hello again. I took a break from trying to learn Linux. I am trying
>>again. I just got mandrake 2005 LE. The setup for ndiswrapper was
>>built in, that was nice. However I don't seem to be having any more
>>luck than I did before. It says that I am set up fine. When I try to
>>do a ping I get "network unreachable" I can't ping anything as a tcp/ip
>>number or as a name. I have my DNS number set so once I am able to get
>>out on the network I am sure things will be fine. I did a fresh install
>>and did mostly default settings. I used the configure program and
>>installed the ndiswrapper with the windows driver. I changed the
>>settings from managed to ad-hoc and put in the address of my router and
>>set a number for my computer and then changed the Internet settings with
>>my DNS server numbers.
>
>
> Please post the output from each of the following commands:
>
> /sbin/iwconfig
> /sbin/ifconfig
> /sbin/route
>
>

[root@localhost ~]# route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
Iface
196.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 10 0 0
wlan0
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"DIABLO" Nickname:"localhost"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz Cell: 2E:96:BF3:96:80
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:14 dBm
RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-57 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:18017 Missed beacon:0

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:760 (760.0 b) TX bytes:760 (760.0 b)

sit0 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: ::127.0.0.1/96 Scope:Unknown
UP RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:64:13:73
inet addr:196.168.0.3 Bcast:196.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:41ff:fe64:1373/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1092 (1.0 Kb)
Memory:d5800000-d5801fff

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:28:10 +0000, Randy wrote:

> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 196.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 10 0 0
> wlan0

You have no default route set. In the settings for wlan0, enter the IP
address of your router as the gateway and check again.


> wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"DIABLO" Nickname:"localhost"
> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz Cell: 2E:96:BF3:96:80

You should use Mode:Mangaed to connect to a router. In the settings for
wlan0, change the wireless mode to Managed and check again.


> wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:64:13:73
> inet addr:196.168.0.3 Bcast:196.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0

wlan0 is up and has an IP address. Did you set this IP address?

> [root@localhost ~]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 196.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 10 0 0
> wlan0

You have no default route. That means that you can only contact hosts
on the wireless network.

For starters, can you ping 192.168.0.1? (Substitute the 192.168.0.*
address of your wireless router here.)

Snowbat wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 00:28:10 +0000, Randy wrote:
>
>
>>Kernel IP routing table
>>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
>>Iface
>>196.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 10 0 0
>>wlan0
>
>
> You have no default route set. In the settings for wlan0, enter the IP
> address of your router as the gateway and check again.
>
>
>
>>wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"DIABLO" Nickname:"localhost"
>> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz Cell: 2E:96:BF3:96:80
>
>
> You should use Mode:Mangaed to connect to a router. In the settings for
> wlan0, change the wireless mode to Managed and check again.
>
>
>
>>wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:41:64:13:73
>> inet addr:196.168.0.3 Bcast:196.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
>
>
> wlan0 is up and has an IP address. Did you set this IP address?

I thought I did set the default to the router. I will check again.
It was managed before but it didn't work. I will set it again.
Yes, I set it.

>
>
> You have no default route set. In the settings for wlan0, enter the IP
> address of your router as the gateway and check again.
>

OK It is set to the router. NO change.

>
>>wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"DIABLO" Nickname:"localhost"
>> Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz Cell: 2E:96:BF3:96:80
>
>
> You should use Mode:Mangaed to connect to a router. In the settings for
> wlan0, change the wireless mode to Managed and check again.
>
It is set to managed. NO change.

Well there is one change. I can't ping myself now (well not as the IP I
entered anyway)

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:10:31 +0000, Randy wrote:

> Well there is one change. I can't ping myself now (well not as the IP I
> entered anyway)

With the modifications in place, can you once again post the output of:
/sbin/iwconfig
/sbin/ifconfig
/sbin/route

Snowbat wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:10:31 +0000, Randy wrote:
>
>
>>Well there is one change. I can't ping myself now (well not as the IP I
>>entered anyway)
>
>
> With the modifications in place, can you once again post the output of:
> /sbin/iwconfig
> /sbin/ifconfig
> /sbin/route

in the case of iwconfig and ifconfig there is no listing for wlan0.
when i try ifconfig wlan0 up i get no such device.

On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:36:45 +0000, Randy wrote:

> Snowbat wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:10:31 +0000, Randy wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Well there is one change. I can't ping myself now (well not as the IP
>>>I entered anyway)
>>
>>
>> With the modifications in place, can you once again post the output of:
>> /sbin/iwconfig
>> /sbin/ifconfig
>> /sbin/route
>
> in the case of iwconfig and ifconfig there is no listing for wlan0. when
> i try ifconfig wlan0 up i get no such device.

Ouch. From what I've read of people using ndiswrapper, it may fail with
some _versions_ of Windows drivers. Try searching
http://www.google.com/linux/ for your wireless card and see if anyone had
success with ndiswrapper and a specific version of Windows driver for that
card.